There Will be Hipster

The smarmy Juno suffocates itself with hipster-speak, but a good story still finds room to breathe

Hipsters are an interesting breed of human. Commonly found roving in packs, they exhibit characteristics including a predilection for indie music, art-films, irony-drenched witticisms, thrift-store fashion, an air of pomposity, and a need to constantly cultivate their image, all while [...]

The Greatest Christmas Songs of All-Time

Keeping with the recent Reptastic trend of lists and in the spirit of the season, we couldn’t resist counting down 10 of our favorite Christmas songs of all-time. From old-timey classics to new-school hits, here’s your definitive guide to the best Christmas songs out there.

The Most Reptastic of 2007

Like any young man who read Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity in their formative years, I’m a huge fan of lists. So I’ve gone through 2007 with a fine-toothed comb to create these definitive lists of the most Reptastic films, albums, songs, TV Shows, books, athletes, and sports scandals of 2007. We (the Royal we) here [...]

Video of the Day: Ricky Gervais on Celebrity

If you’re someone who frequents Best Week Ever’s fantastic site, then you’ve probably already seen a shorter version of this video of Ricky Gervais’ monologue in the Finale of his HBO Comedy Extras. Admittedly, I was never a fan of Extras like I was of The Office, but that’s understandable considering the BBC version of [...]

Greatest Christmas Movies of All-Time: #1 National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

There could be no other number one. All apologies to It’s a Wonderful Life, as America’s top Christmas movie, you had a wonderful run, but the new king of Christmas is National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. The story of the Griswolds’, namely Clarks’, pursuit of an old fashioned family Christmas is an American Classic, fully deserving [...]

30 Rock: “Ludachristmas”

Whether it’s his seduction of Canteen Boy, the regaling of his Schweaty balls, his argument for the merits of marriage in The Departed, or his pitch-perfect performance as Jack Donaghy, it needs to be said that Alec Baldwin continually proves himself to be one of the finest comedic talents of our time. Few can match [...]

Greatest Christmas Movies of All-Time: #2-Scrooged

People can get real uppity when you mess with tradition. Sometimes their bellyaching is justified, like when Coke switched to New Coke, but other times, traditions need to be broken. I’d say slavery was a good one to disregard, but then again, I’m just some Northern Yankee, perhaps people in Mississippi feel differently. That aside, [...]

Ad Nauseam: He Went to Jared; I’m Going to Vomit

What’s the point of advertising, the aim of a commercial? Most would say the goal is to get people to buy what you’re selling, either by overtly stating reasons why you should buy their product or at least establishing a brand identity which will eventually get you to buy it. Despite the fact I write [...]

Big Al is the Big 2-1

Usually this space is devoted to only the finer things in life, the things that encompass what’s truly great and dare I say, Reptastic. But I would be remiss if I didn’t mention a certain milestone in the history of the Repanich clan. Today, the last of the five Repanich boys, Alex, turned 21. For [...]

The Greatest Christmas Movies of All-Time: #3-Elf

Christmas is best seen through the eyes of a child; the wonderment, the awe, the innocence and the sheer gullibility makes children perfectly suited to immerse themselves in the season. After all, little kids still believe in Santa Claus, at least until the bratty little kid at school shatters their childhood by telling them there [...]